Rotary Cutter Injury Protection
#83
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Western New York
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I watch Fons and Porter every week on my local PBS station, and even if they have a guest on, they make them
put on the safety glove. I guess they have a reason to do so. I guess maybe I'll start doing this too.
put on the safety glove. I guess they have a reason to do so. I guess maybe I'll start doing this too.
#88
Cutting glove
I have tried on the gloves and they do not fit people with little hands. I wear an XS woman's glove or an x-large kids, so the "generic" size on the Klutz glove did not fit. Fingers flopped and I had at least an inch of unfilled space in each finger. Make sure you can try one on and maybe use it in the store before you buy it.
What I use and swear by, is the Fingerguard ruler. It has a plastic "rail" one inch in from the cutting edge of the ruler. Comes in all sizes and lengths and is priced equivalent to regular plastic rulers. I LOVE mine! No more cutting my fingers. See if you can find one of these (I think the gal who makes them is from Maine). If you can't find them, I think there is an after market rail that you can add to regular rulers. I've tried the suction cup handles, but find they move the ruler when you are cutting.
So sorry that you were hurt. Good luck on your quest for a glove.
Anita
ILoveToQuilt
What I use and swear by, is the Fingerguard ruler. It has a plastic "rail" one inch in from the cutting edge of the ruler. Comes in all sizes and lengths and is priced equivalent to regular plastic rulers. I LOVE mine! No more cutting my fingers. See if you can find one of these (I think the gal who makes them is from Maine). If you can't find them, I think there is an after market rail that you can add to regular rulers. I've tried the suction cup handles, but find they move the ruler when you are cutting.
So sorry that you were hurt. Good luck on your quest for a glove.
Anita
ILoveToQuilt
#89
I haven't cut myself with my rotary cutter...yet! I do have a Klutz glove and try to remember to put it on; I have small hands and find the size very constricting and uncomfortable and don't like using it, a larger size was way to large. That all being said, last night while fixing a casserole and slicing cheese with a cheese slicer, the slicer slid off the cheese and onto my pinkie and tried to add some extra meat to the dish, slicing the knuckle. Ouch!! Once I was able to stop the bleeding I liberally applied Nu-Skin. I guess I should have had my Klutz glove on. Better believe the next time I use that slicer I'll use the Klutz instead of being one!
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